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Ryan Specialty (RYAN) Competitors

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$66.18 +0.39 (+0.59%)
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RYAN vs. MFC, SLF, PUK, WTW, CRBG, PFG, EQH, AEG, EG, and BNT

Should you be buying Ryan Specialty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryan Specialty include Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential Public (PUK), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), Everest Group (EG), and Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Ryan Specialty vs. Its Competitors

Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Ryan Specialty (NYSE:RYAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Ryan Specialty. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryan Specialty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Manulife Financial$38.90B1.39$4.11B$1.9116.55
Ryan Specialty$2.52B6.90$94.67M$0.34194.65

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Manulife Financial pays out 67.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryan Specialty pays out 141.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Manulife Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Ryan Specialty has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Manulife Financial currently has a consensus target price of $48.50, suggesting a potential upside of 53.38%. Ryan Specialty has a consensus target price of $75.58, suggesting a potential upside of 14.21%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Ryan Specialty.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Ryan Specialty
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Manulife Financial has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 9.58% compared to Ryan Specialty's net margin of 6.97%. Ryan Specialty's return on equity of 47.70% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Manulife Financial9.58% 15.84% 0.75%
Ryan Specialty 6.97%47.70%5.69%

52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.2% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Ryan Specialty. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Manulife Financial and 7 mentions for Ryan Specialty. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Ryan Specialty's score of 0.84 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ryan Specialty
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Ryan Specialty on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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RYAN vs. The Competition

MetricRyan SpecialtyINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.53B$26.88B$12.11B$20.72B
Dividend Yield0.72%1.11%5.53%3.71%
P/E Ratio194.6537.8520.0228.09
Price / Sales6.904.9525.6938.30
Price / Cash25.2733.8221.6822.53
Price / Book15.794.972.284.58
Net Income$94.67M$835.90M$1.00B$986.06M
7 Day Performance-2.28%1.12%2.21%2.79%
1 Month Performance-4.16%3.12%4.59%5.46%
1 Year Performance14.14%3.61%538.58%15.06%

Ryan Specialty Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.5798 of 5 stars
$66.18
+0.6%
$75.58
+14.2%
+15.2%$17.53B$2.52B194.655,250
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.9688 of 5 stars
$31.30
+2.0%
$45.67
+45.9%
+17.9%$53.45B$38.90B16.3837,000Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.9513 of 5 stars
$64.78
+1.1%
$88.00
+35.8%
+31.3%$36.51B$28.32B16.4831,768
PUK
Prudential Public
4.3552 of 5 stars
$24.37
+1.6%
N/A+33.2%$31.60B$16.66B10.5015,412
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.4769 of 5 stars
$303.69
+1.6%
$356.30
+17.3%
+17.8%$30.11B$9.93B-607.3748,900Positive News
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
3.8351 of 5 stars
$32.85
+0.7%
$37.00
+12.6%
+21.9%$18.06B$19.58B27.845,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.0933 of 5 stars
$77.33
+0.9%
$83.85
+8.4%
+2.2%$17.34B$15.77B11.5819,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EQH
Equitable
4.4673 of 5 stars
$53.88
+1.0%
$61.67
+14.5%
+35.6%$16.37B$14.78B14.648,000Positive News
AEG
Aegon
4.7035 of 5 stars
$6.76
+0.4%
N/A+15.0%$14.90B$10.65B7.0423,123
EG
Everest Group
4.8108 of 5 stars
$342.01
+1.4%
$400.33
+17.1%
-7.5%$14.55B$17.23B17.593,037Positive News
BNT
Brookfield Wealth Solutions
N/A$59.59
+1.3%
N/AN/A$14.33B$14.10B180.585,000News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:RYAN) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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